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Diasporas in the contemporary world / Milton J. Esman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity, c2009.Description: 210 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780745644967 (cased)
  • 0745644961 (cased)
  • 074564497X (pbk.)
  • 9780745644974 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 325/ESM 22 3055
LOC classification:
  • JV6035 .E86 2009
Other classification:
  • 15.59
Contents:
What are diasporas, why do they matter? -- Definition and classes of diasporas -- Contemporary case studies -- North Africans in France -- Overseas Chinese: Malaysian, Thai, Japanese -- Zionists in Palestine -- Ukrainians in Canada -- The "Russian" diaspora in Israel -- Afro-Brazilians, 1531-2008 -- Palestinians in Kuwait -- Mexicans in the United States -- Problems and processes of adaptation -- Diasporas and international relations -- Diasporas and ethnic conflict -- Diasporas and public policy -- Prospects and outcomes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index.

What are diasporas, why do they matter? -- Definition and classes of diasporas -- Contemporary case studies -- North Africans in France -- Overseas Chinese: Malaysian, Thai, Japanese -- Zionists in Palestine -- Ukrainians in Canada -- The "Russian" diaspora in Israel -- Afro-Brazilians, 1531-2008 -- Palestinians in Kuwait -- Mexicans in the United States -- Problems and processes of adaptation -- Diasporas and international relations -- Diasporas and ethnic conflict -- Diasporas and public policy -- Prospects and outcomes.

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